Positioning device for the thread guide of a reeling machine



Aug- 8, 1967 c. DEGLI ANTONI POSITIONING DEVICE FOR THE THREAD GUIDE OF A REELING MACHINE Filed July 6 1965 INVENTOR ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,334,830 POSITIONING DEVICE FOR THE THREAD GUIDE OF A REELING MACHINE Carlo Degli Antoni, Via del Follatoio 8, Trleste, Italy Filed July 6, 1965, Ser. No. 469,487 Claims priority, application Italy, Apr. 8, 1965, 7,706/ 65 4 Claims. (Cl. 242-53) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A thread guide can be selectively positioned so as to lay down on a reel banks that are spaced apart axially of the reel. The thread guide is carried by a reciprocable bar which in turn is located by -a lever mounted for swinging movement on and relative t-o the bar. A second reciprocable member is provided with a plurality of spaced notches into which the lever can lbe selectively inserted so as to cause the thread guide to traverse over any of a plurality of paths spaced apart axially of the reel. Stationary notches are provided which are located between those reciprocable notches; and swinging the lever to position it in the stationary notches, between the formation of hanks, forms a readily locatable ring `of thread on the reel between the spaced hanks.

The present invention relates to positioning devices for the thread guides of reeling machines and has for its object the provision of such positioning devices that are adapted to locate accurately Aon a reel a plurality of spaced hanks. It is an object of this invention to provide such a device in which the hanks are wound on the reel seriatim with a readily locatable ring of thread Abetween adjacent hanks. Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a consideration ofthe following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a somewhat schematic fragmentary perspective view -of apparatus according to the present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a reel carrying banks produced by the apparatus of FIG. 1.

Referring now to the drawing in greater detail, it will be seen that the reeling machine according to the present invention comprises a lever 101 pivoted through a sleeve 101 on rod 102 carrying a plurality of pig tail thread guides 103. (In FIG. 1 only one of said guides is shown.) Said lever 101 is rotatable about rod 102, lbut not slidable along the same since sleeve 101 thereof is locked between a pair of bushes 104 integral with rod 102 through screws 105. Parallel to rod 102 there is a bar 106 adapted for a reciprocating movement as shown by arrows, on said bar being secured, through a pair of sleeves 107, a shaped plate 108 on its upper part provided with a plurality of notches (tive of them in FIG. 1), respectively indicated at 111, 112, 113, 114 and 115.

Rod 102 is in spaced relation to bar 106 through a plurality of spacer elements 109, each of which is provided with two holes 116 and 117, respectively, through which rod 102 and bar 106 respectively pass.

The device according to the present invention also comprises a plate 120, said plate being arranged parallel to rod 102 on the side opposite bar 106; said plate 120 is provided with a plurality of notches respectively indicated by the numerals 121, 122, 123 and 124. Plate 120 is clamped to the machine frame (not shown) by any known means so that notches 121, 122, 123 and 124 thereof are, when bar 106 is in rest or home position, at the intervening regions of the notches of plate 108. For instance, notch 121 is at the intervening region between notches 111 and 3,334,830 Patented Aug. 8, 1967 ICC 112. The size of the notches of the two plates 108 and are the same as are the distances of the various notches from one another on lboth plates.

Operation of the above described device is as follows:

Having arranged lever 101 within notch 111 of plate 10S integral with bar 106, rod 102 owing to such a connection reciprocates together with bar 106 itself.

Assume that at such a position of rod 102 corresponds, bar 106 being stationary, to a poistion of thread guide 103 substantially correspondingr to a plane perpendicular to axle 139 yof reel 130 in FIG. 2 and passing through the median portion wherein hank 131 will be formed (FIG. 2).

Due to reciprocating movement of bar |106 and then of rod 102 With thread guide 103, thread 126 from an appropriate source of thread (not shown) thus forms hank 131 on reel 130 when the machine is operating. Hank 131 being completed and leaving the machine in operation, lever 101 is brought into notch 121 of plate 120 for a time necessary for a rotation of the reel, so that thread \126 forms a readily locatable ring between hanks 131 and 132; lever 101 is then brought into notch 112 of plate |108. In said new position of rod 102 and hence of thread guide 103, thread 126 forms hank 132; then, when lever 101 is brought into notch 122, it forms a ring between hanks 132 and 133 and operation goes on similarly forming the various hanks 133, 134 and 135 separated from one another by thread rings as lever 101 is disposed within notches 113, 114 and 1115 with short intermediate stops in the notches of plate 120.

Hank 135 being completed, it is possible to interpose a sheet of paper or a divider on each of hanks 131, 132, 133, 134 and 135 and, by repeating the above described movements of lever |101, to superimpose another bank on each of such above cited hanks. On repeating continuously the described cycle with a thread coming out from each of the thread guides, it is thus possible to form ya plurality of side-by-side hanks on the reel, each of which can be in turn comprised of two or more hanks superimposed and separated from one another by means of a sheet of paper or a divider. Y

What is claimed is:

1. A positioning device for the thread guide of a reeling machine, comprising a rst member reciprocable in a iirst direction, a thread guide carried by said first member, a lever mounted for swinging movement on and relative to said first member, a second member reciprocable in a second direction parallel to said rst direction, said second member having a plurality of notches thereon spaced apart in a direction parallel to said rst and second directions, said rst member being reciprocable relative to said second member whereby said lever may be selectively swung into and out of 'any of said notches, so that upon engagement of said lever in one of said notches and reciprocation of said second member, said first member and said thread guide reciprocate with said second member to cause thread passing through said thread guide to traverse during .the formation of a tirst hank of thread on a reel, while upon disengagement of said lever from said one notch and movement of said first member in said rst direction relative to said second member and reengagement of said lever in a different notch and continued reciprocation of said second member, the thread passing through the thread guide is caused to traverse during the formation of a second hank at a location spaced axially from said first hank.

2. A positioning device as claimed in claim 1, and a stationary member having a plurality of notches therein corresponding in location to the spaces betwen the notches carried by said second member, said lever being selectively positionable in said stationary notches to form on the 3 4 reel readily locatablerngs of thread between said rst 2,331,004 10/ 1943 Standish 242-53 X and second hanks. 2,354,792 8/1944 Bradnack et al. 242-53 X 3. A positioning device as claimed in claim 2, the 2,756,938 7/ 1956 Penman 242-53 spaces between said reciprocable notches and Said sta- 2,932,462 4/ 1960 Nelson 242-18X tionary notches al1 being equal. v 5 3,159,962 12/ 1964 Franzen 57-58.49 4. A positioning device as claimed in claim 1, the 3,235,203 2/ 1966 Antlii 242-115 spaces between said notches being equal. l

FOREIGN PATENTS References Cted 695,033 1/1930 France. UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 259,662 6 /1927 Ita1y 5,851 10/1848 Lyle 57-62 499,874 11/1954 Italy. 1,491,805 4/1924 KIlOWlIOn 242-53 1,822,790 9/ 193 l Thomas 242-53 X FRANK I. COHEN, Primary Exiaminer. 1,926,448 9/1931 Lenk 57-62 X 2,008,477 7/1935 Twaddle 242 53 15 D. E. WATKINS, A. J. SIDOTI, SSSGH Examiners. 

1. A POSITIONING DEVICE FOR THE THREAD GUIDE OF A REELING MACHINE, COMPRISING A FIRST MEMBER RECIPROCABLE IN A FIRST DIRECTION, A THREAD GUIDE CARRIED BY SAID FIRST MEMBER, A LEVER MOUNTED FOR SWINGING MEVEMENT ON A RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST MEMBER, A SECOND MEMBER RECIPROCABLE IN A SECOND DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION, SAID SECOND MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF NOTCHES THERON SPACED APART IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND DIRECTIONS, SAID FIRST MEMBER BEING RECIPROCABLE RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND MEMBER WHEREBY SAID LEVER MAY BER SELECTIVELY SWUNG INTO AND OUT OF ANY OF SAID NOTCHES, SO THAT UPON ENGAGEMENT OF SAID LEVER IN ONE OF SAID NOTCHES AND RECIPROCATION OF SAID SECOND MEMBER, SAID FIRST MEMBER AND SAID THREAD GUIDE RECIPROCATE WITH SAID SECOND MEMBER TO CAUSE THREAD PASSING THROUGH SAID THREAD GUIDE TO TRAVERSE DURING THE FORMATION OF A FIRST HANK OF THREAD ON A REEL, WHILE UPON DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID LEVER FROM SAID ONE NOTCH AND MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST MEMBER IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND MEMBER AND REENGAGEMENT OF SAID LEVER IN A DIFFERENT NOTCH AND CONTINUED RECIPROCATION OF SAID SECOND MEMBER, THE THREAD PASSING THROUGH THE GUIDE IS CAUSED TO TRAVERSE DURING THE FORMATION OF A SECOND HANK AT A LOCCATION SPACED AXIALLY FROM SAID FIRST HANK. 